She appeared before the Swamp Thing on his return from the Rot alongside Deadman, demanding to know who he was though she didn't believe his claims at first. One of her arms has been rotted but it doesn't seem to affect her function. With the march of the army of Rot, Ivy left behind her villainous ways and tried to battle them though she ultimately failed. Rotworld Ivy and Deadman fight for The Green in the Rotworld saga This too backfired when Batman found a way to counter Ivy's mind control and restore Clayface to his senses. Poison Ivy pops us later in Detective Comics, using her plant-based mental-suggestion powers to manipulate Clayface into believing they were husband and wife. She was eventually stopped by Katana and booted off the team. However, Poison Ivy went on to betray the team, along with Batgirl and blackmailed them into helping her with her Eco-terrorism. Ivy easily fended off their attacks and became a member of the Birds of Prey.
Ivy accepted, but her villainous reputation did not sit well with teammates Starling and Katana, both of whom attacked Ivy on first sight. on The CW.Current Events: The New 52 Poison Ivy being rebornįollowing the 2011 reboot of the DC Universe, Poison Ivy was unexpectedly asked by Black Canary to join the new Birds of Prey team. The midseason finale of Batwoman, "Pick Your Poison," airs next Wednesday, November 24, at 9 p.m. It'll be surely exciting to see her interpretation of such an iconic comic book villain.Ĭheck out the first look image below. Kang has played Mary Hamilton since Batwoman premiered on The CW in the fall of 2019. But it wasn't until Nicole showed up on set and absolutely killed her performance that the character of Poison Ivy Mary was complete."
It was so exciting to work alongside Nicole as we picked hair color, eye color and, of course, the clothing itself. "As we've watched the fallout of Batman's Rogues' weapons this season, we wanted to make a few of these 'trophies' personal to our Bat Team, and Mary felt like the ideal character to go through a major 'photosynthesis.’ The fun part of making each villain's powers transferable is that we get to do our own spin on the character - this one through the lens of what Mary would create: something heightened, playful, fashion-forward, and sexy.
RELATED: 'Batwoman' Season 3 Trailer Sees Ryan Wilder with An Unusual Partner-In-CrimeĪnd it sounds as though Kang has long been in line to go green, per Batwoman executive producer Caroline Dries: For everything you’ve let me feel, scream, and become through you, Poison Ivy- thank you." Hopefully the future holds space for others like me and beyond to portray one hell of a character. I am so humbled to be a Korean girl in line behind THE Uma Thurman to play the next live action Poison Ivy (what?!). Instead, we discover her personal motivations alongside those of the OG Poison Ivy’s and see them intertwine in an organic and powerful way. In our story, I am most proud that Poison Ivy is an Asian villain whose danger does not stem from her foreignness or her mystique. finally! That’s a sentence I never thought I’d say. Kang had a lot to say about her villainous transformation: Mary Hamilton who finds herself in those thorny shoes this time around after being infected by a Bat Trophy, she fully transforms into Ivy in next week's thrilling twist. Javicia Leslie's Batwoman has already had to deal with new incarnations of Mad Hatter and Killer Croc, and now - after sightings of nefarious vines across a number of episodes thusfar - a classic supervillain of the DC roster is coming into play: Poison Ivy. Since the Bat Trophies washed up on the shores of Gotham City at the end of BatwomanSeason 2, anyone has been able to pick up one of the wayward relics and become a baddie.